Jonathan Garnett Jonathan Garnett is a founder and creative partner at Modellus Novus (MN), where he oversees creative direction for a range of the firm’s architecture and design projects, as well as its external and internal initiatives. He is responsible for establishing, evolving and tailoring the firm’s design processes, priorities and principles in coordination with business development, financial and organizational strategies. Jonathan was fundamentally shaped when he spent summers working with a nonprofit design firm in Detroit that provided design-build services to underrepresented communities and community organizations invested in improving the quality of life in that city. A native of Oakland, California, and of Black and Japanese descent, he received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, with concentrations in industrial design and graphic design from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He also studied at the Technical University at Delft in the Netherlands and received his Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. Previously, he worked at Detroit Collaborative Design Center in Detroit, George Yu Architects in Los Angeles and Open Office in New York. After spending years overseeing the construction of projects he designed, while also making furnishings and objects with his hands, Jonathan learned what kind of creative leader he wanted to be. He imbues those values in his daily work with the project teams at MN. Keynote Speakers Randy Deutsch, FAIA, LEED AP Randy Deutsch FAIA, LEED AP, served as the associate director for Graduate Studies until 2019 and is a clinical associate professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, teaching and conducting research in design, design futures, professional practice, building technology and digital technology. Randy is an international keynote speaker — of over 100 times, workshop leader, AI researcher and design technology authority. An architect responsible for the design of over 100 large, complex sustainable projects, Randy has been an Exec Ed program leader at Harvard GSD, has written for DesignIntelligence and has been featured in ARCHITECT Magazine and Architectural Record. Randy previously served on the AIA Chicago board as director and vice president; on ARCHITECT Magazine’s 2018 R+D jury and AIA National Architecture 2023 Awards jury. Randy is the author of six books including “Superusers: Design Technology Specialists and the Future of Practice” (2019), “Convergence: The Redesign of Design” (2017) on the nature of the ongoing convergence of technology and work processes in the profession and industry; “Data Driven Design and Construction: Strategies for Capturing, Analyzing and Applying Building Data” (2015) on the innovative individuals and firms who are leveraging data to advance their practices; and, “BIM and Integrated Design: Strategies for Architectural Practice” (2011, translated to Mandarin in 2018). Randy’s most recent books and audiobooks were published in 2020 and 2021. In 2020, Randy’s team received an NSF Grant and a DPI Seed Grant for planning a first-of-its-kind institute for the application of AI in design, construction and operations of buildings and infrastructure. In 2020, Randy was elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. Since 2018, he has served on the University of Arizona CAPLA Futures Council and co-founded the Built Environment Futures Council (BEFC), advancing the discourse and opportunities for AI in architecture, design and construction. 12 REFLEXION
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